| Article | The Human Right to Democracy as the Capstone of Law |
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| Authors | Kirste S. |
| Name of magazine | Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (English version) |
| Issue | 4 / 2013 |
| Pages | 144 - 162 |
| Annotation | Democracy is not a necessary condition for the rule of law and especially the validity of human rights. Without democracy and an individual claim to equal participation in democratic decisions both, the legal foundation of the state and the rights of the individual are incomplete, since both do not have «cooriginality » (J. Habermas) but the foundation in the freedom of the individual. This freedom is not fully respected, if the person is paternalistically donated rights, about which he or she had no chance to decide. |
| Keywords | dignity, right to democracy, paternalism, participation in decision-making. |
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